Re: Associating schema with document

[Josh Lubell <lubell@cme.nist.gov>]

David,

I don't think this issue was ever resolved.

Josh

----- Original Message -----
From: "David RR Webber - XMLGlobal" <Gnosis_@compuserve.com>
To: "Josh Lubell" <lubell@cme.nist.gov>; "RNG List"
<relax-ng@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 10:51 PM
Subject: Re: Associating schema with document


> Josh,
>
> Trawling back thru old email here.  See my thoughts below.
>
> Did we get a resolution on this anyway?
>
> Thanks, DW
> ========================================
> Message text written by Josh Lubell
> >
> I agree that a processing instruction is the most obvious way to link a
> RELAX NG schema with a document. However, I'm concerned about how this
> would
> sit with the W3C. My understanding is that the use of processing
> instructions is discouraged in W3C standards.
>
> >>>>>>>>> This is an on-again-off-again issue.  Seems to me that
> the Pandoras box is open.  Another approach is to have a MIMEtype
> of RELAX - so that receiving systems know to invoke the RELAX processor?
> <<
>
> If  we adopt this approach, could it impact our ability to influence W3C
> XML
> Schema 2.0? Should we care?
>
> >>>>>>>>> This is an interesting question.  Are we really trying to
> influence Schema 2.0 - whatever that is?  Seems to me we are going
> along a different, and better, path.   People who want whatever it is
> they see they desperately need in Schema will continue to use it;
> people who want what we have will continue with us.  Hopefully
> our price point is better and we have more users.  Applicability
> to ebXML is a key.  We're currently doing things in ebXML
> using RELAX that I believe simply cannot be done using
> W3C Schema  -I'm hoping to have a white paper out by the
> end of the month on this.
>
> I strongly doubt the W3C will want to thank us any year soon.
> <<<
>
> DW.
>
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